Wolf Bites Woman in a Shopping Area in Germany’s 2nd-Biggest City

BERLIN (AP) — A wolf bit a woman in a shopping area in Hamburg before it was pulled out of a lake in Germany’s second-biggest city, authorities said, in what is believed to be the first such attack since wolves returned to the country in 1998. The fire service said that the woman was taken …

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Asia Barters for Scarce Energy as Iran Crisis Throttles Supplies

By Kentaro Okasaka, Uditha Jayasinghe and Lucy Craymer TOKYO/COLOMBO/WELLINGTON, March 31 (Reuters) – Indonesia’s leader visited Tokyo this week in Asia’s ⁠latest ⁠flurry of fuel bartering efforts to offset crippling shortages caused by ⁠conflict in the Middle East, a key source of regional energy supplies. The race for alternatives has hotted up as China, the …

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Italy Refuses US Aircraft Use of Sicily Base for Middle East Operations, Source Says

ROME, March 31 (Reuters) – Italy has ⁠denied ⁠permission for U.S. ⁠military aircraft to land at the ​Sigonella air base in Sicily before flying to ‌the Middle East, a ‌source close to the matter said ⁠on Tuesday, ⁠confirming a newspaper report. (Reporting by Angelo Amante; Editing by Giulia ​Segreti and Edwina Gibbs) Copyright 2026 Thomson …

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UNRWA Head Seeks Investigation Into Killing of Staff in Gaza War

GENEVA, March 31 (Reuters) – Discussions are ⁠under ⁠way for a U.N. ⁠investigation into the killing of more than ​390 employees in the two-year Gaza war, the head of ‌the U.N. Palestinian refugee ‌agency said on Tuesday, making it the deadliest ⁠conflict in ⁠the body’s history. “I believe that we need to have ​a panel …

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